The chemicals of kissing
WHEN two people kiss, their bodies make a rapid chemical analysis of each other’s saliva and make discoveries and decisions of the other’s genetic compatibility.
WHEN two people kiss, their bodies make a rapid chemical analysis of each other’s saliva and make discoveries and decisions of the other’s genetic compatibility.
And, according to Allan and Barbara Pease in Why Men Listen Women Can’t Read Maps, the woman’s brain does more. It makes a chemical analysis to determine the state of the man’s immune system.
Mathew Messina, a dentist in Fairview Park, Ohio and consumer advisor for the American Dental Association, says that extra saliva washes bacteria off your teeth “though, I would not advocate kissing after meals instead of brushing,†he says. But when you are sharing your germs with somebody, you are adding to your internal defence system. Kind of immunisation!